“The offender exploited the victim's vulnerability by taking advantage of the offender's position of trust as a trusted friend of the family.”
Dr. Albert de Villiers, 54, appeared in Grande Prairie's Court of King’s Bench of Alberta on Tuesday to be sentenced by Justice Saina Leonard for one count of sexual interference of a child.
The defense argued the intense media attention on the case and impact on De Villiers career should be considered in sentencing. The judge said that impact could not be considered a mitigating factor in sentencing, but said it nonetheless plays a role in the case that cannot be completely ignored. De Villiers worked as Interior Health's chief medical health officer from the summer of 2020 to June 2021, when the charges were laid against him. Prior to moving to the Okanagan, de Villiers worked as a medical health officer for Alberta Health Services for 16 years. The allegations he's been convicted of occurred between 2018 and 2020 while he was employed by Alberta Health Services.
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